Belgacem Haftar, son of eastern Libya's military chief Khalifa Haftar, touted in an interview with AFP what he called a push to make up for more than 40 "lost years" under slain ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
While Belgacem Haftar sells reconstruction as Libya's redemption story, the real question is whether infrastructure built on warlord dynamics can ever truly serve ordinary Libyans, or if this is just another chapter in the continent's familiar playbook of strongmen rebranding authoritarian control as progress. Libya's oil wealth and strategic Mediterranean position make it too crucial for African integration to remain trapped in cycles of military patronage disguised as governance.
While Belgacem Haftar sells reconstruction as Libya's redemption story, the real question is whether infrastructure built on warlord dynamics can ever truly serve ordinary Libyans, or if this is just another chapter in the continent's familiar playbook of strongmen rebranding authoritarian control as progress. Libya's oil wealth and strategic Mediterranean position make it too crucial for African integration to remain trapped in cycles of military patronage disguised as governance.
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